Fourth A380 Joins Singapore Airlines Fleet

Singapore Airlines took delivery of its fourth A380, the world’s largest passenger plane, at 0930hrs on 26 April 2008 at the Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse, France.

The aircraft arrived in Singapore on Sunday 27 April at approximately 0700 hrs. The 4th A380 then underwent some pre-entry into service work in Singapore.

The addition of this fourth aircraft into its fleet will allow Singapore Airlines to commence daily A380 flights to Tokyo Narita on Tuesday 20 May, 2008.

Tokyo is the Airline’s third A380 destination outside Singapore, and its first one in Asia. Daily services to other destinations commenced on 25 October, 2007 (Singapore-Sydney) and 18 March, 2008 (Singapore-London).

Fitted with the luxurious Singapore Airlines Suites, the award-winning 4-abreast Business Class and a new, more comfortable Economy cabin, the A380 allows Singapore Airlines customers to travel to London in unprecedented comfort, space and luxury.

Service to Tokyo Narita (SQ636) will commence from the early morning of Tuesday 20 May, returning as SQ637 on the same day. The A380 will operate this pattern thereafter on a daily basis.

The quietest large passenger aircraft ever built, the A380 delivers substantial fuel burn reductions per seat mile over the next largest aircraft and allows for the addition of extra capacity to congested airports, like London and Tokyo.

The Singapore Airlines A380 is powered by four Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines.

Singapore Airlines is the first to fly the A380, and currently the only airline in the world operating the aircraft. The Airline has firm orders for a further 15 A380s and options on six more.